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Prof. Maurice Thaddeus Brackbill
Maurice T. Brackbill (1891-1962) was a Professor of Mathematics at Eastern Mennonite College, a private Mennonite liberal arts university in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Born on May 11, 1891, near Lanc...view moreMaurice T. Brackbill (1891-1962) was a Professor of Mathematics at Eastern Mennonite College, a private Mennonite liberal arts university in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Born on May 11, 1891, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the son of Aldus and Lizzie Brackbill, he received a BA at Hesston College and a BS and MA in Astronomy at the University of Virginia. He also undertook graduate work in Astronomy at the Universities of Kansas and Michigan.
Prof. Brackbill joined the faculty of Eastern Mennonite College in 1919. He taught a wide variety of courses ranging from Agriculture to Zoology in the fledgling institution. He was appointed head of the department which he designated Physastromath and was Chairman of the Division of Natural Sciences until he suffered a stroke in January 1956, which ended his teaching career.
He joined the American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) in 1949 and later was elected to the grade of fellow. He served as host to the 9th convention which met on the EMC campus in 1954.
Although most of his education was in mathematics and astronomy, he held a special interest in literature and became a writer, publishing Heaven and the Glory of the Sunset (1924) and The Heavens Declare (1959), as well as a number of articles for the Youth’s Christian Companion (YCC).
Prof. Brackbill was married to Ruth Mininger (1906-1962) in 1932. The couple had no children.
He passed away in Harrisonburg City, Virginia on September 18, 1962, aged 71.view less